Scientists say rocks from Greenland prove that precious metals, such as gold, were deposited in the Earth’s crust by asteroid showers billions of years ago. Read the full story

A group of amateur astronauts may have to suspend their rocket launch for a year after their attempt to propel a man-sized dummy into space from Denmark went up in smoke. The Copenhagen Suborbitals group had to abort their mission at the military test centre near Bornholm Island in the Baltic Sea after a valve on their DIY spaceship jammed on Sunday. Read the full story

The electromagnetic storm which hit the upper atmosphere over Iceland, Scandinavia, Greenland and North America this week was the biggest since December 2006. Read the full story

The first Norwegian satellite is to be launched this summer in order to keep track of maritime activities in the High North. The AIS (Automatic Identification System) is used by ships and Vessel Traffic Services around the world as a short-range coastal traffic system. Read the full story

The first satellite to be developed in Norway is set to be launched in India. Read the full story

Thor 6, the latest satellite from the Norwegian Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc), has been successfully released into orbit from its launch site at the French Guiana Spaceport of Kourou. The new satellite will take over from its ancestor Thor III which will be retired in 2010. Read the full story

Once infamously known as the astronaut who couldn’t get a ride into outer space, Sweden’s Christer Fuglesang is currently enjoying his second mission into the Great Unknown. It took years for Sweden’s first astronaut to get invited aboard the shuttle Discovery in 2006 for a voyage to the International Space Station; and now, just three years later he is back in orbit for a 13-day mission with seven other astronauts. Read the full story

The President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, received a phone call from the International Space Station on Monday. Astronaut Timothy L. Kopra initiated the call, according to Finnish news source Helsingin Sanomat. The phone call lasted about 10 minutes. Read the full story

This is not science fiction. Swedish company Spaceport Sweden is reportedly being courted by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic as potential major operational partner in Virgin’s space tourism plans. The Swedish company is working in cooperation with the town of Kiruna to become Europe’s first Read the full story